The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-10

/ belief that the lottery people viii lose the
i capital prize TO Americas this time.
/ Dawson Neics: One day last week we saw
a drunken hog down in the lower portion of
| the city (We mean hog with four legs
of course, most of us have seen two-legged
ones drunk He got drunk on stale beer
/ Tt was very amusing to see the porker as he
would stagger along and occasionally put
his nose to the ground in order to brace
himself and put on brakes. 1t would bristle
up and try TO fight the largest hog that
would come near. He had all the symptoms
the two-legged ones usually have.
| A colorod thief was arrested at Atlanta
! Wednesday. and at his lodgings regular
! Fagin's den was discovered. Fifteen or
| twenty dresses, shawls, Undertaking ladies
hats, table linen, large number of cravats,
| knives and many other articles were found
| secreted in trunks and boxes The house was
under charge of negro woman who gave
her name as Carrie Williams, and she was
arrested as an accomplish. 1t is thought
| the man belongs to a regular gang of rogues
and other developments are expected.
BY some means or other a rumor got cir
| culated about Covington, during the early
| part of last week. that the fast trains on the
| Georgia railroad would be taken off on
| June l, which caused no little excitement
and anxiety on the part of the people. OF
course there was no official announcement
| of the matter and no one knew how the
report got into circulation. When the
western bound fast train came in sight on
that morning, however, feeling of relief
| pervaded many a throbbing breast about
| CovinSton.
L. G. Hudson. living in Luciusville, eight
miles from Americas, is hard working
| man, and is making his labor pay. " hen
| the war ended, he was 13-year-old boy
without cent. He went to work between
| the plow handles, and now he is running a
| store, well stocked with all kinds of goods;
he has 500 acres of good cotton, from which
! he expects 300 bales; he has $50 acres Of
corn, potatoes, peas, sugar cane, and is
| going to make all of the meat he cail, and
| still have time enough to attend to extra bust
ness. He is out of debt, and is going to
make money enough this year to invest in
some other good-paying business.
Wednesday morning about s o'clock a
well-dressed lady drove up to the Atlanta
| police headquarters in fine livery turnout
| and inquired for the Chief of Police Capt.
| Connolly approached the carriage door with
| his best bow, and his visitor asked him if he
| knew she was appointed by the Lord to see
that the prohibition law was enforced.
| Chief Connolly replied that he was not
aware of the fact, and thereupon the lady
| proceeded to inform him that she was II
| have come to warn you" she said that
have my eye upon you and if the law is not
| enforced, say beware" Without giving
the Chief time to reply, she commanded the
driver to pull up, and the equipage was soon
| out of sight.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Brunswick Journal Publishing Company
was held on Friday evening at the Bruins
wick Board of Trades room, and an organi-
zation effected. The stockholders elected
the following board of Directors to serve
for the ensuing year: John Colville, d.
Glauber, E. w. Bingham, w. f. Penniman,
| A. j. Crovatt I. w. Dexter and w. B.
| Burroughs. The board subsequently met
and the following officers were chosen:
| John Colville, President; T. w. Dexter,
Secretary and Treasurer; A. E. Sholes,
| Manager. The company propose to start
| the publication of the Journal on or about
July 1, and Mr. Shoes and President Col
vile are now in New York to make the
necessary purchases.
The City Council of Athens and the
| Water Works Company are at swords points.
| 1t is claimed the works never have come up
to their contract. There is not the guaran-
| teed pressure up town, and, says the Ban
neT Wdtchmdfa, one of the finest residences
in the town was allowed TO burn to the
ground for the reason that the plugs would
not furnish stream of water to extin-
gU1ish the blaze It is believed that the city
| could have gotten damages by law from the
company for this, but no such steps were
taken At last the matter eliminated in a
4 rupture between the city and Mr.. Howell,
! President of the company, and who is now
said to be sole owner of the works The inn
water the city should have free. The Coun-
Gil is fighting mad, and proposes to get their
full rights under the company's charter.
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